Shadowed (Alias) [Mass Market Paperback]

Elizabeth Skurnick (Author)

Book Description

Series: Alias | Publication Date: November 9, 2004

SOPHOMORE YEAR. HARDER classes. Nicer dorms. Stronger friendships. And Sydney Bristow’s biggest mission yet: retrieve top-secret KGB research in Berlin. But someone else is on the job. Someone people keep confusing with Sydney.

Praise for Alias:

“4 stars.”—USA Today

“Astounding.”—TV Guide

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SOPHOMORE YEAR. HARDER classes. Nicer dorms. Stronger friendships. And Sydney Bristow’s biggest mission yet: retrieve top-secret KGB research in Berlin. But someone else is on the job. Someone people keep confusing with Sydney.

Praise for Alias:

"4 stars."—USA Today

"Astounding."—TV Guide

About the Author

Lizzie Skurnick has written a number of novels in the Sweet Valley University and Love Stories series, and has taught creative writing at Johns Hopkins University. The author lives in Baltimore, MD.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers (November 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553494406
• ISBN-13: 978-0553494402
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 0.5 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,377,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lizzie Skurnick is the columnist for Jezebel.com's Fine Lines and the author of ten teen books in the Sweet Valley High, Love Stories and Alias series. Her memoir of teen reading, Shelf Discovery, was dubbed "wildly entertaining" by Publishers Weekly and has been featured in Readers Digest, Time magazine and on Talk of the Nation. Her literary blog, Old Hag, is a Forbes Best of the Web pick. Skurnick is on the board of the National Book Critics Circle and has written on books and culture extensively for the New York Times Book Review, Times Sunday Styles, the LA Times, NPR.org, The Washington Post and many other publications. She lives in Jersey City.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Danger On All Fronts, November 21, 2004

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Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shadowed (Alias) (Mass Market Paperback)

It's the beginning of Sydney's sophomore year at UCLA and she and Francie are thrilled about their new, larger dorm room. While Francie is thrilled about her chance to redecorate it, Sydney is distracted by Brennan, a guy she just met. Should she pursue him or stick with Noah, even with all the mixed signals?

All this takes a back burner when SD-6 needs her for another mission. She's off to Germany with Noah and new agent Lucy in tow to retrieve long lost notes from a Russian military innovator from World War II. But the danger there is mild compared to what awaits her when she gets back.

I really enjoyed this prequel novel because it reminded me a lot of the TV show with things happening on many fronts. And it was confusing enough I didn't have it all pieced together until the end. It did seem a little too long-winded in parts, but the action was so reminiscent of the TV show, it didn't bother me on the whole.

These prequel novels continue to create a world unto their own while being faithful to the TV show. I can't wait to see where Sydney goes next.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Last Prequel Book Is A Good One, December 30, 2004

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Clay (OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shadowed (Alias) (Mass Market Paperback)

Shadowed, the last book in the Alias Prequel series, was a solid installment. I think that it was the second best in the series, behind only Infiltration by Breen Frazier. The book centers around Sydney's mission with two new SD-6 recruits and someone framing her for theft in Germany. Also, the events in Free Fall come back to haunt her as danger comes to UCLA. This book did a good job of tying previous installments in the series together, bringing Sydney and Noah to the last step in their relationship before he reappears in the show, and revealing what Jack has done to protect his daughter. All in all, a good way to end a good series (with some bumps in the road).

Next May, the Alias APO (Authorized Personnel Only) series kicks off with Two of A Kind? by Greg Cox.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sydney Imprisoned, June 20, 2005

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Melissa McCauley (North Little Rock, AR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shadowed (Alias) (Mass Market Paperback)

SHADOWED finds rookie SD-6 agent Sydney Bristow in her sophomore year of college. Sloan sends her on a mission with Noah and two new agents to recover KGB intel from a storage facility in Berlin. The mission is a success, but Sydney finds herself slapped into a SD-6 prison cell. To her utmost shock, Sydney is shown herself on surveillance video stealing sensitive information. It will take all of Sydney's cunning to spring the trap and exonerate herself.

A good entry in the Alias series, I would rank it as perhaps the second best story line of these books I have read. Good entertainment for Alias junkies, but would probably not appeal to those who are not already fans of the show.